When you open an external link, a new window opens and displays the home page

Updated to the latest version (36.0 Linux) and now whenever I open a link from an external application to be steam E-mail IRC or any other source, instead of the page is displayed a new window will open and then load the home page. I tried the default browser to something else (which opened the links correctly) switching and vice versa, safe mode and even a refresh, but the problem persists.

I found this in the bug tracker.

Apparently it seems to be a problem with an old hack in XFCE or desktop environments possible on X in general, which is no longer supported in Firefox 36. A solution fast until they solve this problem, is to open a new terminal and enter:

sudo gedit /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop
(replace gedit by any other text editor you use)
.. .and change the last two lines:
X-XFCE-orders = %B - distance "openURL (about: Virgin, new window)"; %B;
X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter = %B - remote "openURL (%s)"; %B %s;
to read:
X-XFCE-orders = %B;
X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter = B %%s;
then save the document, of course.

This solves the problem for me immediately.

Tags: Firefox

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